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Military

European Military Contractor Tests New Laser Weapon

This laser turret can take down drones and mortar shells.

Health & Medicine

Scientists Give Mice “Super Vision” With Eye Injections

Scientists gave mice the ability to see near-infrared light, which is normally invisible.

Artificial Intelligence

Y Combinator CEO: AI Will Replace Jobs, But Life Will be Awesome

"It'd be great if every student had an individual teacher."

Artificial Intelligence

Terrifying Netflix Trailer Skewers The Horror of Algorithmic Love

A terrifying vision of what would happen when Tinder meets cutting-edge AI and biotech.

Cancer

Bill Gates: Custom Cancer Vaccines Will Revolutionize Medicine

"Scientists are on the cusp of commercializing the first personalized cancer vaccine."

Future Society

FTC Slams TikTok With Record Fine For Spying on Pre-Teens

"This record penalty should be a reminder to all online services and websites that target children."

Mars

First Evidence of “Planet-Wide Groundwater System” on Mars Found

And it contains signs of minerals connected to the emergence of life on Earth.

Future Society

Hackers Can Spy on and Hijack Amazon Doorbell’s Video Feed

"Letting the babysitter in while kids are at home could be a potentially life threatening mistake."

Artificial Intelligence

Chemists Grew A “Synthetic Brain” That Stores Memories in Silver

One of its creators thinks it could usher in "the post-human revolution."

Health & Medicine

Study: THC Has More Therapeutic Benefits Than We Thought

The cannabis compound is good for more than getting people high.

Mental Health

Study: Growing up Around Green Space Halves Mental Health Risk

Having more parks nearby as a kid could mean fewer trips to the psychiatrist an adult.

Health & Medicine

Scientists Gene-Hacked Yeast to Make THC Instead of Booze

All you have to do is feed it some sugar.

Military

Experts Are Horrified by the Military’s Portable Nuclear Reactor

Flying a nuclear reactor to a military base — what could go wrong?

Pollution

Horrifying “Black Snow” Blankets Russian Towns

"You are killing yourself... and you are also killing everything around you."

Military

The Military Wants to Build Deadly AI-Controlled Tanks

Project ATLAS would lead to the first autonomous ground combat vehicles.

Science & Energy

It Turns Out You Can Learn Things While You’re Asleep

But it only works under the right neural conditions.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Death From Above: Boeing Unveils Autonomous Fighter Jet

Aerial combat will never be the same.

Mars

NASA’s InSight Mars Lander Tries to Start Digging, But Hits Snag

NASA is about to dig the deepest hole on Mars, ever.

Robotics

Amazing Video: Nimble Humanoid Robot Threads Needle, Pours Drink

This bot's motions are more fluid and lifelike than anything we've seen before.

Hyperloop

See a Startup’s Newly Unveiled Hyperloop Test Track

This 1,049-foot-long track could usher in the future of transportation.